Word: krakow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fisticuffer Harry Krakow ("King Levinsky"),* onetime Chicago fish-peddler, 1934 was a miserable year. In January his sister & manager, "Leaping Lena" Levinsky, divorced her husband in order to have more time to run her brother's affairs. In March he was thrashed by German Walter Neusel. In May, he went to a hospital, for a minor breakdown. In August, he married one Rosie Glickman ("Roxanne Carmine"), World's Fair fan dancer. A month later, Rosie Glickman sued King Levinsky for divorce because he hit her on the jaw. Last month, King Levinsky was matched to fight a four...
While the Governors were in Washington, the Farm Holiday movement plowed to a standstill but not without loud backfirings. Wham! a cheese factory went up at Belgium, Wis. Wham! Wham! two more were dynamited at Krakow and Zachow. Repudiating their Holiday leader, Wisconsin farmers, bundled against the biting winter winds, held up city-bound milk and food trucks, braved ax handles, tear gas and blackjacks, stormed the Sunshine dairy at Waterford three times in a day, destroying 34,000 Ib. of milk by dumping it on the ground, pouring gasoline in the vats. Thirty-five picketers at Wausau were arrested...
...these circumstances, might not Poland elect as President next June her world-great Ignace Jan Paderewski? Last week several Warsaw, Krakow and other Polish newsorgans started a "Paderewski for President!" boom, stressed that no other candidate has yet taken the field...
...Paderewski is the only man," declared Krakow's Glos Narodu, "who has the sympathy of the entire nation...
...Chicago, huge Primo Camera stalked warily about the ring, actually retreating from but trying to make it look as Krakow though he were ("Kingfish" advancing Levinsky), against 197-lb. Harry fish-peddler, who looked like a pigmy in the ring with his 6-ft. yin. 270-lb. opponent. In the first round, an upward right-hand sweep from Kingfish Levinsky landed on the side of the pendulous Camera jaw, caused the monstrous Camera knees to buckle. Thereafter, wary and furious by turns, using all his weight, reach and slight knowledge of tactics, Carnera managed to maul, push, lambaste Levinsky enough...